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λύχνος

Alt. λύχνος, ὁ,

1. pl. λύχνοι and λύχνα: — "a portable light, a lamp", carried in the hand or set on a lamp-stand (λυχνίον), Od., Hdt., attic; περὶ λύχνων ἁφάς about "lamplighting time", Hdt.

2. in pl. "the lamp-market", Ar.